Weekday Lab Associate III – Specimen Processing Pro

BJC HealthCare; Belleville (IL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision,

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with match

Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Memorial Hospital Belleville in Edwardsville, IL is seeking a Lab Associate III to join our Laboratory Department. The role involves processing and preparing specimens, reporting results under supervision, and prioritizing STAT work while ensuring quality handling.

The position offers a consistent Monday–Friday schedule, with no weekends or holidays, and requires 2–5 years of lab/healthcare experience. BLS and phlebotomy credentials are preferred.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 2-5 years of laboratory or healthcare experience required.
• Associate's Degree and BLS certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Process and prepare specimens for testing and send-out services.
• Report results under supervision and ensure accurate specimen handling.
• Prioritize STAT and routine work to meet turnaround times.
• Assist with inventory management, equipment maintenance and quality operations.

Skills

Lab experience

Quality control

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate's Degree

Tools

BLS certification

Phlebotomy

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

Lab Associate III - Edwardsville, IL

Looking for a hands-on lab role with a great schedule? Join our team in Edwardsville as a Lab Associate III!

🕒 Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
🎉 No weekends, no holidays!

In this role, you will:

• Process and prepare a variety of specimens for testing and send-out services
• Report results under supervision and ensure accurate specimen handling
• Prioritize STAT and routine work while maintaining turnaround times
• Assist with inventory management, equipment maintenance, and quality operations

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED required
• 2-5 years of laboratory or healthcare experience required
• Associate's Degree and BLS certification preferred

Join a team that values accuracy, collaboration, and exceptional patient care while enjoying a consistent weekday schedule! 🧪💙

Overview

Memorial Hospital Belleville is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care including Children’s at Memorial for pediatric emergency care. It provides patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. Memorial, offering medical and surgical services plus critical care, is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and is designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health. In addition, Memorial Belleville recently was accredited by the American College of Radiology as a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008, it has been designated as a Magnet®-recognized organization for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Memorial Hospital Shiloh, a 94-bed, all-private suite hospital was recognized with Magnet status in 2018 and provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical and surgical services plus critical care.

The Laboratory Department provides a wide variety of assays and procedures to obtain data used in the diagnosis and treatment of most disease states to our inpatient and out patients. Services include phlebotomy, hematology, chemistry, microbiology, blood bank, point-of-care and pathology.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Performs a variety of pre analytic, analytic and post analytic laboratory duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

Performs waived and moderate complex testing with appropriate training and competency, sweat chloride collections, EKG's, etc.

Under supervision, reports test results as appropriate.

Sorts and processes routine and specific high level specimens received by the lab--including multistep technical processing (i.e. Histology, Microbiology, Cytology, etc.). Ensures correct processing and packaging for esoteric send out tests.

Coordinates a simultaneous series of tasks accurately, including STAT orders and fluctuation in workload, prioritizing work to complete within scheduled hours and established turnaround times.

Inventory management, equipment cleaning, maintenance, loading, etc.

Minimum Requirements

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Experience

2-5 years

Supervisor Experience

No Experience

Preferred Requirements

Education

Associate's Degree

Licenses & Certifications

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Phlebotomy

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer